Lessons for Advancing Environmental Justice across the Nation

Be inspired by the unprecedented body of work in California advancing environmental justice and motivated by the urgency of injustices underscored by the Flint Water Crisis.

Learn about efforts in California in order to inform work promoting environmental justice and health at the state level across the country.

“There are many examples of the potential for significant progress around environmental justice and public health over the next several years coalescing in many parts of the country… We hope you will take the things that we have shared with you, and elevate our collective work on these issues to an entirely new level.” – Charles Lee, APHA EJ Committee

The Environmental Justice Town Hall convened at the 2018 American Public Health Association’s annual meeting and the resulting compilation of California Environmental Justice Resources aim to share lessons and support collaboration in order to promote environmental justice nationally.